NPL_2016_DHS-QRS_v01_M
DDI_NPL_2016_DHS-QRS_v01_M_WB
Development Economics Data Group
Nesstar Publisher
Version 01 (May 2017). Metadata is excerpted from "Barriers to Family Planning Use in Eastern Nepal: Results from a Mixed Methods Study" Report.
Barriers to Family Planning Use in Eastern Nepal: Results from a Mixed Methods Study 2016
DHS-QRS / NDHS-QRS 2016
NPL_2016_DHS-QRS_v01_M
Ministry of Health (MOH)
ICF
Nesstar Publisher
Government of Nepal
United States Agency for International Development
Information about The DHS Program
General Inquiries
Data and Data Related Resources
Demographic and Health Survey, Special [hh/dhs-sp]
The study was designed in advance of the 2016 NDHS and reinterviewed a selected number of respondents to examine barriers to family planning use among married women in Eastern Nepal. The study in particular focuses on some of the unique contraceptive challenges faced by married women with migrant husbands. Non-use of family planning during a husband’s extended absence may be a strategy to avoid side effects of modern methods, or may even be encouraged as evidence of the wife’s faithfulness, but it can put women at risk of unwanted pregnancies when their husbands return. The study also probes in depth a number of other potential barriers to family planning use, including fear of side effects, attitudes toward family planning, access, cost, and the influence of husbands, family members, and religion. Data produced by the study also provide evidence about the consistency of responses to relevant NDHS questions. Current family planning users were included in the study as a reference group.
Nepal
The study covered Eastern Nepal.
Woman age 15-39
Sample survey data [ssd]
New ERA
Face-to-face [f2f]
Response rate was 194 of 215, or 90.2%.
The DHS Program
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